He completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul Technical University Mechanical Engineering Department in 1990 and his postgraduate education at Istanbul Technical University Institute of Science Mechanical Engineering Department in 1993.

He started his career at Arçelik A.Ş. Starting as a Research Engineer in the R&D Department, Özkadı worked as an Engineer (1992 - 1998), Specialist (1998 - 2004) and Manager (2004 - 2010) until 2010. Between 2010 and 2015, he served as Energy and Environment Manager and between 2015 and 2020, he worked as Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Director. While he was still in office, he served as the President of the Environmental Committee of Koç Group between 2014 and 2016. Fatih Özkadı has been working as Director - Quality, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs since March 2020.

At the same time, he serves as TUSIAD Environment and Climate Change Working Group Chairman, TURKTRADE (Foreign Trade Association of Turkey) Board Member, TÜRKBESD (White Goods Manufacturers’ Association of Turkey) Board Member and the European Home Appliances Manufacturers Association (APPLiA) Council member.

Fatih Özkadı is married and has two children.